Its 1919 and Henrich Danek Stendal is leaving his native Hungary behind. Having survived World War I, hes heading for America and New York City with his family in tow. His memories of the Great War resound in his mind, as does another deeply buried memory. There is no turning back. It is also 1979 in New York City and Daniel Henry Stone is a wild, young man who never backs away from a fight. Hes worked as a cook and a bartender most of his young life, but now hes landed a gem of a job as a renting agent in a large, thirty-two building complex. But thats just the tip of the iceberg. This building complex just might go co-op, and he could cash in on the deal of a lifetime. Their lives, although sixty years apart, will intersect in both action and thought, through the women they meet, the fortunes they seek, and the battles they wage. The mystery of their connection is both endearing and timeless.
The year is 2019, and celebrated biographer Stephen Glass has just received a phone call. He is given the chance to interview the reclusive Aaron Rhodes, the world's most important scientist since Einstein. The ailing scientist has invented a device that has allowed him to travel through time and space for the past twenty years. He considers it to be his greatest contribution to mankind, and he wants Stephen to help him introduce it to the world. To satisfy his skepticism about the device, Stephen agrees to a jaunt through time, to November 19, 1863, to witness President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. But when the president fails to deliver his address, Stephen returns to find his country and his emotions divided. Now Stephen must return to Civil War Gettysburg with his promise to preserve the past. What he learns will entangle him in the truth about history and the reality of time...and timelessness.
Director, producer and screenwriter Joss Whedon is a creative force in film, television, comic books and a host of other media. This book provides an authoritative survey of all of Whedon's work, ranging from his earliest scriptwriting on Roseanne, through his many movie and TV undertakings--Toy Story, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly/Serenity, Dr. Horrible, The Cabin in the Woods, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.--to his forays into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The book covers both the original texts of the Whedonverse and the many secondary works focusing on Whedon's projects, including about 2000 books, essays, articles, documentaries and dissertations.
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